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Installed the UWC and am now a member of the "48 amp" club. However with my wifes 2016 Chevy Volt, I noticed a weirdness: I had set the Access Control to "All Vehicles". The Volt charges OK under this setting. But the delayed charging, so it would charge during off-peak times, was not...

Elons cousin does a road trip across S Africa in his Model X: Elon Musk’s Second Cousin, Hilton Musk, Takes Tesla Model X On 1,400 KM Drive From Cape Town To Johannesburg I wonder how long it will take for some sort of reliable EV corridor to be built from South Africa to, say, Morocco. There...

I have a rarely used Blink account. Got an email from them that they will be unavailable this weekend - unless you have one of their rfid cards. Not sure how many Tesla owners bother to use Blink - as they are almost entirely L2 stations. Looking at plugshare, it is interesting that of the...

It seems that the WCEH (West Coast Electric Highway) group is about to make significant upgrades to their charging network. The WCEH was originally CHAdeMO (and L2) only. These upgrades are intended to add CCS and other compatibility to all their original sites. From: West Coast Electric...

Give Mary credit where credit is due: BrightDrop Delivers 1st All-Electric EV600 Vehicles to FedEx More details at: First BrightDrop EV600 Vans Delivered To FedEx

For $25m. Seems like a bargain. Hopefully the plugshare app can remain charging network agnostic. But if not, others like openchargemap can take its place. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210714005339/en/

Though a bit long winded, I always enjoyed his commentary and videos. Jack Rickard, local entrepreneur, dies at 65

NYC to LA "cannon ball" in 60 hours, 36 minutes. (Current Model 3 record is 45 hours plus change.) Not a bad time though. They almost exclusively used EA for charging, and did need to take a little longer route (e.g., along I-10) than a Tesla would need. The CCS folks need to work a bit...

There were rumblings that Hyundai and Kia were going to introduce decent (e.g., can charge the traction battery - not just run a fan) solar in their cars about a year ago: Hyundai and Kia unveil new solar roof to charge batteries in vehicles, launching next year - Electrek Now it looks like...

An idea of where they'd like to take things: http://energy.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/energynvgov/content/Programs/NEH Map v2.5.pdf Link to the above came from: Nevada Electric Highway The map is already a bit out of date as, according to plugshare, there are some CCS/CHAdeMO sites along I-80 now...

I was discussing the TM3 with someone who is interested in buying one. He asked me about an "avoid highways" mode - as he often likes to take back roads instead of Interstates. I was pretty sure one just clicked a menu option. But the Tesla nav only supports "Avoid Ferries" and "Avoid Tolls"...

How long is recommended to wait for the factory paint to "cure" before doing a ceramic coat? The detail shop I use uses Opti-Coat as part of his 'new car paint correction' process. With my Volt, we waited a couple of months. It still looks great after 2.5 years of living outside.

Perhaps my favorite threads on TMC are reading about EV road trips - the good, bad, and ugly. Tips, techniques, discussions of EV-friendly (or not) lodging and charging locations, etc. However road trip threads are buried everywhere in different forums. It would be great to have a dedicated...

Came across this and thought it was interesting: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/03/08/fiat-chryslers-messed-up-hellcat-system-opens-a-do.aspx I have always been outraged at those 'dealer installed add-ons' and 'additional dealer profit' stickers on new cars. So much for dealers...

I was looking at the revised "coming soon" and 2015 supercharging maps at the Tesla web site. It seems they would place one in the Quad Cities (Rock Island/Moline/E Moline/Davenport/Bettendorf) area, one in Des Moines, and one in Omaha. The Omaha<->Des Moines link seems reasonable at about 139...

In Illinois, can one qualify for the incentive (as I read it, 1/2 the cost) with a simple 14-50 outlet? Or does there need to be an EVSE installed? It would be in a private indoor parking garage, so no possibility that the 14-50 would be 'misused' for an RV. Unfortunately, depending on...